SUMMARY. 

 PART 1. 



1. The cattle used in all of these tests were practically 

 mature ones. 



2. Winter rations used: 



1907-'08. 1908-'09. 



Lot 1. ... Range alone. Range alone. 



Lot 2. ... Range plus half ration cot- Range plus half ration cot- 

 tonseed meal and hulls. tonseed meal and hulls. 



Lot 3. ... Range plus half ration pea- Range plus half ration cot- 

 vine hay. tonseed. 



Lot 4 Range plus half ration 



cheap hay. 



3. In 1907-'08 each range steer (Lot 1) lost 97 pounds in 

 weight. In 1908-'09 each range steer (Lot 1) lost 106 pounds 

 in weight. 



4. In 1907-'08 each steer in Lot 2 received 2.35 pounds 

 of cottonseed meal and 8.5 pounds of hulls each day in addi- 

 tion to the range. During the winter of 1908-'09 each steer 

 in Lot 2 received 2.41 pounds of cottonseed meal and 8.71 

 pounds of hulls daily. The first year each steer lost 6 

 pounds in weight; the second year each steer gained 3 

 pounds in weight. 



5. In 1907-'08 each steer in Lot 3 was fed a daily ration 

 of 8.5 pounds of good peavine hay in addition to the range; 

 the loss in weight per steer for the winter was 9 pounds. 



6. In 1908-'09 cottonseed was tried as a supplement to 

 the range, 4.71 pounds being fed to each steer daily. The 

 loss in weight per steer for the winter was 40 pounds. 



7. In 1908-'09 cheap hay was used in Lot 4 to supple- 

 ment the range, 11.8 pounds being fed to each steer daily. 

 The winter loss per steer was 40 pounds. 



8. The total cost to winter each steer in 1907-'08 was 

 $4.70 and |3.57 in Lots 2 and 3 respectively. The total cost 

 to winter each steer in 1908-'09 was $5.63, $3.23 and $2.06 

 in Lots 2, 3 and 4 respectively. 



9. In 1907-'08 the fall buying price was $2.50 per hun- 



